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Calculating conditional probabilities in Python.
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| import random | |
| def random_kid(): | |
| return random.choice(['boy','girl']) | |
| both_girls = 0 | |
| older_girl = 0 | |
| either_girl = 0 | |
| random.seed(7) | |
| for i in range(1000000): | |
| younger = random_kid() | |
| older = random_kid() | |
| if older == 'girl': | |
| older_girl += 1 | |
| if older == 'girl' and younger == 'girl': | |
| both_girls += 1 | |
| if older == 'girl' or younger == 'girl': | |
| either_girl += 1 | |
| problem_one = both_girls/older_girl | |
| problem_two = both_girls/either_girl |
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